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FY526: Introduction to particle physics (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07008701

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
The course is given intensively in the first half of the semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: ryttov@cp3.dias.sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Monday 12-14 U49D 37
Common I Monday 12-14 U49B 38-40
Common I Wednesday 10-12 U49D 36
Common I Thursday 12-14 U49C 36-40
H1 TE Monday 12-14 U49B 41
H1 TE Tuesday 14-16 U49B 37 FY526 - E
H1 TE Tuesday 10-12 U154 38-40
H1 TE Thursday 12-18 U49C 41
H1 TE Friday 08-10 U69 36-40
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
It is recommended that FY521 and FY522: Introductory quantum mechanics I and II have been followed.

Course introduction
Introductory to elementary particle physics. From the uncovering of the atom to the discovery of the Higgs particle.

Qualifications
At the end of the course the student will have a firm foundation in modern particle physics and phenomenology.

Expected learning outcome
At the end of the course the student is expected to know

  • The historical perspectives. From Thomson and Rutherford to Higgs
  • The electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions.
  • Quarks and leptons
  • Mesons and baryons.
  • The Higgs particle
  • Isospin and the discrete symmetries P, C and T.
  • Cross sections and lifetimes
  • Quantum electrodynamics (QED)

 

Subject overview

  1. The eightfold way
  2. Relativistic kinematics
  3. Symmetries. Both continuous and discrete
  4. The Dirac equation, the Klein-Gordon equation and Maxwells equations and gauge invariance
  5. Feynman diagrams and Feynman rules
  6. Møller and Bhabha scattering. Electron-positron annihilation and creation.
Literature
  • David Griffiths: Introduction to Elementary Particles.


Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
  1. Oral examination. Evaluated by internal censorship by the danish 7-mark scale (5 ECTS). (07008702)
Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 20 hours
Skills training phase: 26 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 26 hours

Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English, if international students participate. Otherwise the course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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